14 SIMPLE POINTS TO MAKE A CLASS MAGAZINE
Class teacher
plays a very important role in shaping the life of the children. He is
the role model before the children. The innovative class teacher always
creates new things within the children & inspires them to be
creative & innovative. One of the creative works in the class is
making a ‘Hand made Class Magazine'.
I as a class teacher started the practice of class magazine by
involving the children of class IX B in my school, Chinmaya Vidyalaya
& now it became a feature of all the classes. An innovative class
teacher doesn't think any new in the class as burden but an opportunity
to be a part of creation. Involvement of the children in the editing
& furnishing it solves the entire burden. The hand made creative
class magazine can be prepared by the efforts of the children & the
class teacher in the following ways.
1. Choosing Editorial Body in the class
Editorial board can be formed in the class. In the board the
children of good at English, Art, and Hindi can be included. There
should be one editor & one sub editor who are responsible for all
works of the magazine. Time to time they will contact the class teacher
for taking various advice & to work it out.
2. Plays the role of an adviser
Class teacher plays the role of an adviser to the editorial
board & the pupil to make a magazine. Time to time he will notice
the progress of the class magazine according to the time period
allotted. He should think critically about the best effort that the
children could give so that the magazine can be more beautiful.
3. Involvement of all members of the class
To prepare the magazine all the children should compulsorily
involved. Suppose the strength of the class is 35 then the same number
of articles must be in hand to prepare the magazine. The class is
consisted of the heterogeneous group of writers, poets, painters etc.
Some are good in Hindi & some at English. Every page should be A4
size paper so that the size of the magazine will not vary. With these 35
pages other selected pages like achievement page, class government
page, content page, introductory page, editorial page, etc can be added
& magazine will be of 40 to 45 pages.
4. Encouragement to original writings
While announcing the creation of a magazine, encouragement
must be given to write the articles on the basis of originality,
innovation & creativity. Editorial board should see that the child
must not copy anything from the book or magazine. If copied or referred
the child must mention the source from which he has taken. The child
must maintain honesty while giving an article to the magazine.
5. Fixation of date & time
The editor must fix the last date of the submission of the
articles by taking advice from the class teacher. The submission of
articles is compulsory. But the tentative date of submission will bind
them to write with date bound & submit. Children should be inspired
not to be stick to the last date & complete the writings in a hasty
method rather they should start writings from the inception of the
declaration of the date.
6. Advise to design & size of the paper
There should be one size of paper for the submission of the
write-ups. A-4 size paper is the best paper to be attempted. Before
writing anything the paper should be design & decorated with light
painting so that this background will better furnish the writing. The
editor must speak about these from the very inception.
7. COLLECTIONS & Editing work
On the fixed date, the editor must collect all the articles,
paintings, etc safely. He should start the editing work with the help
of the editorial board afterwards. The careless & negligence
articles must be rejected after due permission by the class teacher.
Students should be motivated to write again to replace the rejected
articles.
8. Role of the Artists
Artists of the editorial board have a vital role in shaping
the magazine in a beautiful & systematic manner. They give the
finishing touch to every paper of the magazine. They use colour to make
the magazine beautiful.
9. Giving a title
Giving
a title of the magazine is a difficult task. There should be a
democratic selection of the title of the magazine in the class. The
class teacher should go for the brain storming to select the title. The
children should have participation in this discussion by giving one
title each. At last the class teacher should fix the title out of
several suggested by the children. This children involvement will
increase the inclination of children towards the class & the
magazine.
10. Designing Government page
There should be one page highlighting the government of the
class. The posts such as President, Prime minister, Education minister
etc should be highlighted by Writing their names & pasting their
respective photos.
11. Editorial page
Editorial
page must be designed by the editor of the class reflecting the unity
& perseverance of the class as a whole. He should take the help of
the class teacher while writing this page.
12. Achievement page
There must be a class achievement page where all
achievements of the students like full attendance, best child of the
month, Prizes for outstanding performance in any field like dance,
sports, quiz, etc will get their place. The photo of the concerned
persons must get the place in the achievement page.
13. Cover page
Cover page must be designed by the editor with the help of
the artists & class teacher. The design of the cover page must
qualify the title of the magazine. Cover page must be painted nicely
with class & school name. The month & year must be highlighted
on the top of the right side of the cover page.
14. Final touch by the Class Teacher & Editor
Once again the class teacher with the editor must check the
pages of the magazine carefully & advise if any final touch is left
aside. Then the magazine can be given for spiral binding.
In this way the magazine of a class becomes ready within a short span
of time. The children themselves become aware about the creativity,
innovation of the life. With this also they develop the feature of
leadership quality & cooperation. The work of the magazine can
inspire them to be the poets, writers, painters etc in their life beyond
their academics.
By Mr.Harekrushna Behera
E.Mail-
hare_321ku@rediffmail.com
About the Author:
Qualification-
M.Phil,B.Ed,Vedanta
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
14 SIMPLE POINTS TO MAKE A CLASS MAGAZINE


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